Hardbacks
The books you’ve requested
are certainly here – but since
our Index altered itself
the stock moves at random.
Whole shelves of books
will vanish, then reappear
in a different section. You
have entered an area
where high Index numbers
frequently auto-accelerate
beyond their Critical Library
Mark. You can expect Flutter,
Disordered Page Syndrome
and complete Control Reversal.
Our librarians are fully trained
in runaway system management,
but Health and Safety insist
that borrowers must wear
protective dust-jackets at all times.
Some of our more rugged volumes
will not hesitate to read you like a book.
I now imagine Dom going to work in a hard hat and protective clothing with all of those books flying around the library.
ReplyDeleteShe wrote a lovely essay for an exam once on books waiting in the shop looking out for their future owners.
Good to see he has another career to fall back on when he finally hangs up his boots at Chelsea and England ;-)
ReplyDeleteAlways thought of him as quite a Hard (Centre) Back actually, too...
ReplyDelete(Stop me someone...)
What is this Stop Me Josephine? I am not of feet ball but am once of a bi-cycle races. There were we ruled: one who passes first the win-post dominates. Feet ball - cricktet also - are of rules encrusted: Outside, offside, backside are of limitation only. Who enjoys play with much rule? Perhaps only him who from me has stolen name. Do not to me speak of this one, confusion is all which we share.
ReplyDeleteer...exactly, Anonymous...
ReplyDeleteSorry Josephine, I should have been John Terry not Anonymous (who writes all the best poems)but I went and pressed the wrong bleedin' button. Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.
ReplyDeleteOh God...now I'm feeling stalked! ;-) Dru, help. What's happening on your blog?!!
ReplyDeleteLord knows, Jo! Just enjoy the ride. Watching out for people carriers of course...
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